Family Allowances
Miss Eleanor Rathbone, with a representative deputation of M.P.s, paid a call this week on the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer to ask him what his attitude was to the motion signed by 15o Members recommending Family Allowances. The Chancellor was fortified by representatives from the Ministry of Health, Food and Pensions, though not of Education. Apparently the Labour and Liberal parties have passed reso- lutions in favour of this reform and many Conservatives support it. Some Trade Unions, notably the miners, have declared themselves sympathetic. But the Trades Union Congress have turned it down and will now find themselves in the unenviable position of standing between the poorest mothers of this country and an allowance for their children. Sir Kingsley Wood's reply was disappointing. He produced all the stock arguments and then announced that he would personally con- duct an investigation into the practicability of the scheme.
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